Ceramic BBQ/Grilling

cubatahavana · 28-02-2021 5:51pm

twerg_85 wrote: »

Yeah, the grill and the deflector plates are both split into 2 half moons and there are three positions for the grate.

So you can have
grate low, no deflector =direct grilling (steak)
grate high, deflector low = low n slow (ribs)
grate high, deflector medium = roasting (chicken)
Etc.

and you can have different setups for each half of the grill.

Will get it in April. Wait is not nice. Last Thursday the lot of my gas grill broke and took me a while to fix. Can’t wait to have a reliable system

foodaholic · 28-02-2021 9:17pm

cubatahavana wrote: »

6 weeks for delivery and, on top of that, while cooking ribs on my gas grill, one of the screws broke. Need to fix it this Saturday.

It knows your trading it in for a newer model

cubatahavana · 28-02-2021 9:42pm

foodaholic wrote: »

It knows your trading it in for a newer model

It was fixed. She’s temperamental, but she’s my grill

Northern Monkey · 01-03-2021 1:59pm

Doesn’t look like we will be going on holiday this year so I think I’m going to spend a bit of money around the house/garden. A ceramic bbq has been very much on the want list for years but I was always put off by the price.

What’s the consensus on size, better to be a size up from what you typically need? Having watched a load of YouTube videos, I’m leaning towards the Kamado Joe. The classic would probably cover most of our needs as there are only 3 of us but there are 5+ times a year where we would have more people around (5/6 adults and 4 kids) so I’m wondering if we should spend the extra to get into a big joe. We have the space for it but it looks massive and I wonder if it’s overkill for us.

Has anyone went larger and regretted it ?

cubatahavana · 03-03-2021 3:48pm

Looks like Quagmire got a Green Egg

Gloomtastic! · 03-03-2021 10:10pm

cubatahavana wrote: »

Looks like Quagmire got a Green Egg

That’s hilarious!

:):)

05-03-2021 1:14pm

This is a very helpful thread thank you everyone! I was between a kamado joe and kamado bono but I'm going ahead and purchasing the Kamado Bono, looking forward to smoking and grilling very soon!

cubatahavana · 05-03-2021 1:29pm

64478339 wrote: »

This is a very helpful thread thank you everyone! I was between a kamado joe and kamado bono but I'm going ahead and purchasing the Kamado Bono, looking forward to smoking and grilling very soon!

I’m waiting for mine. What size did you go for?

05-03-2021 2:21pm

cubatahavana wrote: »

I’m waiting for mine. What size did you go for?

I have gone for the media size. it is bigger than the kamado joe classic so should do the job!

cubatahavana · 05-03-2021 2:56pm

64478339 wrote: »

I have gone for the media size. it is bigger than the kamado joe classic so should do the job!

I went for the grande myself. The wife still doesn't know

mossym · 05-03-2021 3:35pm

Fredinho wrote: »

Pretty much this, you're paying the premium price for a market leader. It's like choosing between a Skoda and VW or Audi. They're all the exact same thing, you're paying more for the badge on them.

I have a BGE and a Bono and there's very little to no difference between them.

always hear that line from folk, but you know who doesn't say that? anyone who has driven all 3. i've owned all 3 and the differences re a lot more than the badge.

is the difference linear? no, you certinaly pay for the badge, but you're paying for a lot more than that.

i've a KJ, the biggest difference i see is the slo-roller, so far haven't seen anyone come up with a viable competitor to that. it's also the option i;ve used most in mine, and is tied to one of the main reasons most people go to eggs, which is low and slow cooking.

i'm sure there is nothing wrong with the bono, and it may well be better value for money, but no-one should kid themself into thinking they are getting the same level of performance for much less money.

cubatahavana · 05-03-2021 4:59pm

mossym wrote: »

always hear that line from folk, but you know who doesn't say that? anyone who has driven all 3. i've owned all 3 and the differences re a lot more than the badge.

is the difference linear? no, you certinaly pay for the badge, but you're paying for a lot more than that.

i've a KJ, the biggest difference i see is the slo-roller, so far haven't seen anyone come up with a viable competitor to that. it's also the option i;ve used most in mine, and is tied to one of the main reasons most people go to eggs, which is low and slow cooking.

i'm sure there is nothing wrong with the bono, and it may well be better value for money, but no-one should kid themself into thinking they are getting the same level of performance for much less money.

I understand what you’re saying here, but, is the difference between a classic 3 with a sloroller (2k) vs a Bono without it (700-800 euro) worth it? The principle is similar, and until recently, the older KJ all came without it. For me, I prefer to spend the 1.3 k in good meat! I understand that that’s just my opinion.

Fredinho · 05-03-2021 5:21pm

cubatahavana wrote:

I understand what youâ€™re saying here, but, is the difference between a classic 3 with a sloroller (2k) vs a Bono without it (700-800 euro) worth it? The principle is similar, and until recently, the older KJ all came without it. For me, I prefer to spend the 1.3 k in good meat! I understand that thatâ€™s just my opinion.

I'd be happy with â‚¬1,300 in good meat too.

cubatahavana · 05-03-2021 5:24pm

Fredinho wrote: »

I'd be happy with â‚¬1,300 in good meat too.

10 kg of Kobe ribeye steaks in Higgins

Fredinho · 05-03-2021 5:25pm

cubatahavana wrote:

10 kg of Kobe ribeye steaks in Higgins

Nothing wrong with that

mossym · 05-03-2021 5:29pm

cubatahavana wrote: »

I understand what you’re saying here, but, is the difference between a classic 3 with a sloroller (2k) vs a Bono without it (700-800 euro) worth it?

i think that's a question each person has to answer for themselves. if the difference is 6 months wages that a big difference than if its a weeks.

honesly the bono, from pictures looks a lot closer to the classic 2 than the classic 3, so thats a more realistic price comparision. if i was to pick on the bono vs. a 3 its:

very flimsy looking cart/legs ( not a big deal, i built my own table for my KJ, so you remove this as an issue immediatly if you are diy savvy, may be bigger factor if not)
no coal basket ( this is a bigger one than it may seem, although i see it's available as an extra)
no slo-roller - as i said, important for me and i imagine if you really want to do low and slow, might not be for others
top facing vent, not great in rain, KJ had this for a while but moved away from it

none of them are major, i think the bono looks a great but for the money. but you asked was the difference worth it? to me 100%. to someone else, maybe not .both opinions are valid. but it's also daft to say they are the exact same thing under a different name, that's the point i was making

you will abslutely love the bono, no doubt about it. enjoy it

Gloomtastic! · 05-03-2021 8:29pm

cubatahavana wrote: »

10 kg of Kobe ribeye steaks in Higgins

I saw them this morning and posted a pic in the Chat thread. The most amazing marbling I ever seen. Goodness know what they'd be charging though. :eek:

cubatahavana · 05-03-2021 10:18pm

Gloomtastic! wrote: »

I saw them this morning and posted a pic in the Chat thread. The most amazing marbling I ever seen. Goodness know what they'd be charging though. :eek:

Last time I checked 130/kg the ribeye. Hence 10 kg for 1300 euro.

What chat thread?

Gloomtastic! · 05-03-2021 11:45pm

cubatahavana wrote: »

Last time I checked 130/kg the ribeye. Hence 10 kg for 1300 euro.

What chat thread?

https://touch.boards.ie/thread/2058019068/92/#post116489881 pic is a couple from the bottom.

cabo · 09-03-2021 7:22pm

My new Kamado Bono arrived today and in the middle of putting it together now. Can anyone advise where I can pick up natural fire lighters this time of year. Usually pick them up in lidl when they have their bbq specials.

lisij · 09-03-2021 7:33pm

My kamado joe jr has arrived.
Already tried some chicken thighs and pork loin, turned out great.
Really impressed on how fuel efficient it is and also easy to control the heat

lisij · 09-03-2021 7:36pm

cabo wrote: »

My new Kamado Bono arrived today and in the middle of putting it together now. Can anyone advise where I can pick up natural fire lighters this time of year. Usually pick them up in lidl when they have their bbq specials.

Just buy a heat gun and forget about any lighters, with head gun i light my coals within 30sec.

lisij · 09-03-2021 7:49pm

lisij wrote: »

Just buy a heat gun and forget about any lighters, with head gun i light my coals within 30sec.

And i mean regular heat gun not the so called special bbq heat gun

picked one up in argos for 24€, does the trick like i champ

Fredinho · 09-03-2021 8:29pm

Loof lighter is good as well

lisij · 09-03-2021 9:01pm

Fredinho wrote: »

Loof lighter is good as well

Yes that exactly what im trying to say, dont buy these, just buy heat gun, does exactly the same even better, look it up on youtube, theres a guy literally testing these all up, and regular heat gun wins in all cases

cubatahavana · 09-03-2021 9:51pm

cabo wrote: »

My new Kamado Bono arrived today and in the middle of putting it together now. Can anyone advise where I can pick up natural fire lighters this time of year. Usually pick them up in lidl when they have their bbq specials.

When did you order it and from where?

cabo · 09-03-2021 10:02pm

lisij wrote: »

And i mean regular heat gun not the so called special bbq heat gun

picked one up in argos for 24€, does the trick like i champ

Thanks, I’ll take at look at Argos for one

cabo · 09-03-2021 10:04pm

cubatahavana wrote: »

When did you order it and from where?

Ordered it at the weekend from Lithuanica. They were down to the last few of the Grande. Great service and very fast.

moonshadow · 09-03-2021 11:10pm

Kitchen roll rolled up with a little vegetable oil will light any half decent charcoal.either in the Kamado or even quicker with a starter.

cubatahavana · 10-03-2021 12:09am

cabo wrote: »

Ordered it at the weekend from Lithuanica. They were down to the last few of the Grande. Great service and very fast.

And I need to wait until April. Not cool!

Going to contact them and if they have stock I’ll cancel my order with Higgins

foodaholic · 18-03-2021 4:35pm

My KJ classic 3 arrived today
oooh I cant wait to cook on it

foodaholic · 18-03-2021 4:36pm

foodaholic wrote: »

My KJ classic 3 arrived today
oooh I cant wait to cook on it

any advice welcome

Northern Monkey · 18-03-2021 5:03pm

foodaholic wrote: »

My KJ classic 3 arrived today
oooh I cant wait to cook on it

Congrats! I ordered one yesterday (big joe) but haven’t got a delivery date from them yet, was hoping to have it for the weekend but it might arrive after that I guess. I’ve been binging on YouTube videos on them for a couple of weeks. The two I’ve watched most are smoking dad BBQ and pitmaster X. The smoking dad one goes into a lot more detail about the cook but I’m enjoying them both.

I think I’m going to start easy and do a chicken for the first cook before progressing to the other meats.

foodaholic · 18-03-2021 5:09pm

Northern Monkey wrote: »

Congrats! I ordered one yesterday (big joe) but haven’t got a delivery date from them yet, was hoping to have it for the weekend but it might arrive after that I guess. I’ve been binging on YouTube videos on them for a couple of weeks. The two I’ve watched most are smoking dad BBQ and pitmaster X. The smoking dad one goes into a lot more detail about the cook but I’m enjoying them both.

I think I’m going to start easy and do a chicken for the first cook before progressing to the other meats.

I only ordered mine from a room outside on Monday - arrived today
I had no notification of it been dispatched
Love smoking BBQ dad - cant wait to break her in

Northern Monkey · 18-03-2021 5:14pm

I haven’t read all of this yet but it seems to have a lot of initial details for novices like ourselves.

https://www.kamadoguru.com/applications/core/interface/file/attachment.php?id=80777

19-03-2021 10:35am

I've a hankering for pulled pork,might have to pick one up later .

circular flexing · 19-03-2021 5:48pm

Northern Monkey wrote: »

I haven’t read all of this yet but it seems to have a lot of initial details for novices like ourselves.

https://www.kamadoguru.com/applications/core/interface/file/attachment.php?id=80777

John Setzler is really well known in the grilling community, he posts pretty frequently to https://www.kamadoguru.com/ as well

The chan chan man · 30-03-2021 9:06pm

After years of thinking I don’t need a kamado, I still don’t .. but I might buy one anyway!

I’d been looking at the kamado bonos and I’m wondering if anyone has one and what you think of it?

I’m used to a 57cm kettle grill so anything less than a grande or grande limited (effectively same as the Big Joe size) seems way too small to me. They say the grande limited is good for restaurant size crowds... I mainly cook for 4 and will cook for 10-15 a couple of times a year (lockdown permitting!!) so I don’t want to be stuck for grill space.

Any thoughts appreciated.

cubatahavana · 30-03-2021 10:02pm

The chan chan man wrote: »

After years of thinking I don’t need a kamado, I still don’t .. but I might buy one anyway!

I’d been looking at the kamado bonos and I’m wondering if anyone has one and what you think of it?

I’m used to a 57cm kettle grill so anything less than a grande or grande limited (effectively same as the Big Joe size) seems way too small to me. They say the grande limited is good for restaurant size crowds... I mainly cook for 4 and will cook for 10-15 a couple of times a year (lockdown permitting!!) so I don’t want to be stuck for grill space.

Any thoughts appreciated.

It really depends, but I think with the Bono grande, it should be more than enough. I’d say you can fit plenty of burgers and steaks there. Good luck finding stock, though

The chan chan man · 30-03-2021 11:07pm

Balls.. you’re right! Doesn’t look like i’ll get one anywhere!

Gloomtastic! · 31-03-2021 6:58am

The chan chan man wrote: »

Balls.. you’re right! Doesn’t look like i’ll get one anywhere!

You tried Higgins?
https://higginsbutchers.ie/product-category/manado-bono-charcoal-grill/

cubatahavana · 31-03-2021 7:49am

Gloomtastic! wrote: »

You tried Higgins?
https://higginsbutchers.ie/product-category/manado-bono-charcoal-grill/

I bought my grande from Higgins in February. Delivery mid April (hopefully!)

The chan chan man · 31-03-2021 9:57am

Hi,

Thanks I tried Higgins but everything’s sold out til end of May. Can’t find anything in stock anywhere

Gloomtastic! · 31-03-2021 12:49pm

The chan chan man wrote: »

Hi,

Thanks I tried Higgins but everything’s sold out til end of May. Can’t find anything in stock anywhere

Grab it while you can. Remember last year?

01-04-2021 8:56am

Do you think they are in high demand or just not being imported ?
Cant say I've heard of anyone I know buying one or even looking for one (except here of course) .

Northern Monkey · 01-04-2021 10:10am

BrownFinger wrote: »

Do you think they are in high demand or just not being imported ?
Cant say I've heard of anyone I know buying one or even looking for one (except here of course) .

I can’t speak for the Bono but when I was talking to the crowd I bought my kamado joe off they were saying that they were having the same issues as last year with sourcing stock.

mloc123 · 01-04-2021 8:37pm

Cross posting from DIY :pac:

After a year, and a previous attempt to make a stand for my Joe jr I set this up today. Pretty simple solution using IKEA Bror trolleys

cubatahavana · 01-04-2021 11:06pm

mloc123 wrote: »

Cross posting from DIY :pac:

After a year, and a previous attempt to make a stand for my Joe jr I set this up today. Pretty simple solution using IKEA Bror trolleys

Beautiful

tropics001 · 02-04-2021 8:48am

yeah very nice result there.

mloc123 · 03-04-2021 2:41pm

Smoked some top rump roast today, it cooked quicker than I had expected... Only brought it up to 135f tho. I am used to 7-8hr pork shoulders.

It is wrapped now, and I will slice some in an hour and see the results.

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